Disaster Management Authority to be set up

With the President having given his assent to the Disaster Management Bill, the National Disaster Management Authority will be in place soon, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil said Monday. Though......

1 dies, another missing after rain wreaks havoc in U'khan'd's Chamoli

A young woman died and another person went missing on Saturday after heavy overnight rain in Tharali town of Chamoli district sent a rain drain flooding and depositing debris at several houses and......

5.8-magnitude quake hits parts of northeast, Bengal

An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude shook parts of the northeast region and West Bengal on Sunday, officials said. IMAGE: A tea garden in Udalguri district of Assam. Image used only for......

Centre To Boost States' Heatwave Plans

About 57 per cent of Indian districts, home to 76 per cent of the country's population, are currently at high to very high risk from extreme heat. IMAGE: Government College for Women students in......

Budget 2025: What states want from Sitharaman

Finance ministers of states demanded an increase in allocation under 50-year interest-free loan scheme, while fiscally stressed states like Punjab and Kerala pitched for a special package and......

Disaster risks grow, as India's cities flounder

Poor land-use planning, indiscriminate approvals of building plans and the absence of disaster-risk assessment in urban design have resulted in what experts term concentrated concretization,......

India's water crisis detrimental to credit health, warns Moody's

Moody's Ratings on Tuesday said India's growing water shortage can disrupt farm and industry sectors and is detrimental to the credit health of the sovereign as rising food inflation and decline in......

IMF cautions India on govt debt vulnerabilities, Centre disagrees

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned on Tuesday that India’s general government debt (comprising both central and state government debt) could exceed 100 per cent of gross domestic......